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We are proud to share that Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences (KRIBS) has been recognized as one of the leading institutions from Nepal by Nature Journal. KRIBS has achieved an outstanding ranking of 7th position in the Nature Journal … Read more

KRIBS Team attended ICBB 2026, jointly organized by Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB) and Kathmandu University, Department of Biotechnology, at Pokhara. Jamie Tuibeo, Dr. Adhikari’s PhD student from La Trobe University, Australia, presented her research work titled “Investigating … Read more

We are delighted to share that KRIBS team participated in RTqPCR workshop organized by RIBB under ‘Visiting Scientist Program’. The program was conducted over 3 days on February 24th, 25th and 27th, 2025. The workshop included hands-on training and data … Read more

    We are pleased to announce that the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) has awarded ECCMID Förderverein Grant to support participant from KRIBS research faculty member to attend ESCMID Global Conference 2024! The grantee will … Read more

One-day Workshop on Scientific Writing and Poster Preparation jointly organized by Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences (KRIBS), Balkumari, Lalitpur and Kathmandu Center for Genomic and Research Laboratory (KCGRL), Gowrko Lalitpur, in collaboration with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) … Read more

Biomedicum Seminar Series-14 Title: How to Approach Sequencing Data in Clinical Diagnosis Presenter: Dr. Sailendra Pradhananga, PhD Bioinformatician Center for Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory Medicine Region, Skane, Lund, Sweden Date: 7 September, 2023

Bio-Medicum Seminar Series-13 Title: Deciphering Clinical Utility of the Microbiome Guest Speaker: Dr. Santosh Thapa, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas USA Date: 28 July 2023

Bio-Medicum-Seminar-Series-12 Topic:- “Listening in on Your Neighbors: Eavesdropping Promotes Competitiveness in Polymicrobial Communities” Guest Speaker: Dr. Pratik Koirala Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School

Seminar Title: Biodegradable polymers for various application Date and Time: 25th May 2023 ; 3:00 PM (Time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Dr. Prabhat Bhusal, PhD University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand  

Seminar Title: PURIFICATION AND STRUCTURAL STUDY OF PROTEIN COMPLEXES Date and Time: 30 March 2023 1:45 am (Time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Sudeep Karki, Ph.D. (Post-Doctoral Researcher) Institute of Biotechnology University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland

We have successfully organized a three-day Genomic Workshop in collaboration with the Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology. The primary aims of this workshop were as follows: Cultivating and maintaining cell/bacterial cultures Extracting DNA samples Conducting PCR experiments Introduction to … Read more

  Seminar title: SARS-CoV-2 AND BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY Date and Time: 24th February 2023 1:45 am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Dr. Lok Bahadur Shrestha, MD, PhD Scholar School of Medicine University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJBs9DhZKMg

  We are pleased to announce that the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) has awarded ECCMID Förderverein Grant to support participant from KRIBS to attend ECCMID Conference 2023! The grantee will be participating onsite in Copenhagen, … Read more

                We are pleased to announce that the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) has awarded ECCMID Förderverein Grant to support participant from KRIBS to attend ECCMID Conference 2023! The … Read more

                        Seminar title: Bioinformatics for Precision Oncology Date and Time: 24th November 2022 10:00 am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Raunak Shrestha, PhD Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center … Read more

                          Seminar title: Life history trade-offs-Growth Vs Longevity in House Sparrow(Passer domesticus). Date and Time: 29 September 2022 10:00 am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Anuj Ghimire, PhD … Read more

Seminar title: Leveraging human genetics to understand human diseases. Date and Time: 25 August 2022 10:00 am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Yadav Sapkota, PhD Assistant Member St. Jude Faculty Epidemiology and Cancer Control Department.

Seminar title: Overview on Biologics cell line Development and Manufacturing: Automation and Process Analytics Date and Time: 28 July 2022 9:00 am ( time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter : Bijay Raj Khanal Senior scientist and Digital Pioneer AstraZeneca, Frederick, MD, … Read more

Seminar title: From origin of life on Earth to saving billions of lives during Covid pandemic. (m)RNA takes the stage again Date and Time: 30 June 2022 10:00am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Dr. Raghav R. Poudyal Senior Scientist at … Read more

  American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ACGH Award for Research Support  The ASTMH Committee on Global Health aims to address health issues that unfavorably affect underserved and under-resourced populations, including and in addition to ASTMH’s traditional purview of … Read more

Seminar title: Evolution and diversity of the plant metabolome. 28th April 2022 1 pm (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Dr. Pablo D Cardenas Assistant Professor Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences University of Copenhagen, Denmark

The International Conference on Bioscience and Biotechnology (ICBB) has been organized in different cities of Nepal since 2016 and has grown to be an event of international resonance. TWAS supported our first edition which was held in Kathmandu from February … Read more

Seminar title: Understanding the role of cell wall in differential growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Date and Time: 24 Feb, 2022 11:30am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Bibek Aryal Postdoctoral Scientist Umeå Plant Science Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden

Adesh Baral, Research Assistant at Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal. Biography: https://icbb.com.np/icbb2022/speakers2022/adesh-baral/ #RIBB10      

We are pleased to announce that the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ESCMID) has awarded 2 ECCMID outreach grants to support participants from KRIBS to attend ECCMID 2022! These grantees will be participating onsite in Lisbon, Portugal. … Read more

A recent study at KRIBS has identified different genotypes of tick-borne bacteria among febrile patients. Result summary (Unpublished paper, under preparation) Phylogenetic analysis of the partial genome of Orientia tsutsugamushi 47kDa gene (GenBank accession: OL770337-OL770352) showed a close genetic relation … Read more

Introducing our Invited Speaker (Biomedicine & Translational Research Session) for #ICBB2022, Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal. Yogesh Dhungana, Department of Computational and Systems Biology, Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Nepal Biography: https://icbb.com.np/icbb2022/speakers2022/yogesh-dhungana/ AND Anurag Adhikari, Department of Infection and Immunology,  Kathmandu … Read more

Seminar title: Metabolic reprogramming of pancreatic stromal cells as a therapeutic tool in pancreatic cancer. Date and Time: 28 October, 2021 10am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Anouschka Akerman Post-doctoral Researcher Immunovirology and Pathogenesis Program Kirby Institute Australia

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE-UNPUBLISHED DATA IN PRESENTATION Seminar title: E2-specific Memory B cells reveals clonal and transcriptomics signatures associated with the reinfection outcome in Hepatitis C. Date and Time: 30 September, 2021 10am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Money Gupta PhD … Read more

28 August 2021

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE-UNPUBLISHED DATA IN PRESENTATION Seminar title: Investigation of perhexiline as a possible treatment for colorectal cancer Date and Time: 26 August, 2021 10am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Bimala Dhakal PhD Candidate Basil Hetzel Institute The University of … Read more

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE-UNPUBLISHED DATA IN PRESENTATION Seminar title: Characterization of rouge cells in autoimmunity using single cell multi omics Date and Time: 29th July, 2021 10-11am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Thiruni Adikari PhD candidate University of New South Wales … Read more

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE-UNPUBLISHED DATA IN PRESENTATION   Seminar title: Identifying immune therapeutic targets of cancer Date and Time: 29th April, 2021 10-11am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Yogesh Dhungana Scientist Department of Computational and Systems Biology Kathmandu Research Institute for … Read more

RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE-UNPUBLISHED DATA IN PRESENTATION     Seminar title: Antibody dependent SARS-CoV-2 neutralization and antibody dependent phagocytosis function among COVID-19 patients Date and Time: 1st April, 2021 10-11am (time zone: Kathmandu, Nepal) Presenter: Anurag Adhikari Scientist Department of Infection … Read more

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Feb 5, 2020 An co-opinion by KRIBS faculty

20-22 December, 2019 In December 2019, a 3-day peripheral mononuclear cell isolation and characterizing workshop were jointly organized by RIBB and KRIBS. The workshop aimed to train young researchers on techniques for PBMC isolation and characterization. Upon the completion of … Read more

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14th June, 2018 A researcher (Anurag Adhikari) from KRIBS, in a collaborative visit and scientific information sharing seminar,”RNA Virus: RNA Metabolism Host Response and Pathogenesis” in Germany.

7th April, 2018 American Society for Microbiology – Nepal (ASM Nepal) will be hosting a ‘Scientific Writing and Proposal Development’ workshop on various cities (Dharan, Chitwan, Pokhara, and Kathmandu) of Nepal. The series of the workshop is supported by ‘Young … Read more

3-day Workshop on Research Methodology in Biomedical Sciences organized by: Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Lalitpur. 23, 24 & 25 March, 2018 Registration Link: https://goo.gl/forms/e8wA7oUiNqljJeyZ2                             … Read more

4th March 2018 A one day workshop on ‘scientific proposal writing and poster preparation’ was organized at Amrit Science Campus on Saturday. The workshop was organized with an aim to to encourage the students of science and technology field to … Read more